--Apple-Mail=_1DBDEFD2-C894-474D-A9B5-5711D592A991 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 So that=92s why! Tim Thomas Home Care Assistance (Montr=E9al) 4464 Ste. Catherine Ouest Westmount, Qu=E9bec H3Z 1R7 Tel: 514 907 5065 <> Fax: 514 907 5067 <>=20 tthomas@homecareassistance.com www.homecareassistancemontreal.ca www.facebook.com/hcamontreal www.twitter.com/hcamontreal > =20 > =20 > Subject: .Memory .... The Explanation > =20 >=20 > =20 > =20 > =20 > MEMORY... The Explanation > =20 > =20 > Brains of older people are slow because they know so much > People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them=20 > longer to recall facts because they have more information in=20 > their brains, scientists believe=20 > =20 > Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full,=20 > so, too, do humans take longer to access information when=20 > their brains are full. =20 > =20 > Researchers say this slowing down process is not the same as > cognitive decline. The human brain works slower in old age, said=20 > Dr. Michael Ramscar, but only because we have stored more > information over time. > =20 > The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary,=20 > they simply know more. Also, older people often go to another=20 > room to get something and when they get there, they stand > there wondering what they came for. It is NOT a memory=20 > problem, it is nature's way of making older people do more exercise. > =20 > SO THERE. >=20 > Now when I reach for a word or a name, I won't excuse myself by=20 > saying " I'm having a senior moment ". Now, I'll say, "My disk is = full!" > =20 > I have more friends I should send this to, but right now I can't=20 > remember their names. > =20 > So, please forward this to your friends; they may be my friends, too. --Apple-Mail=_1DBDEFD2-C894-474D-A9B5-5711D592A991 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="Apple-Mail=_9C8CA973-CC0E-4694-9A56-3354E8203924" --Apple-Mail=_9C8CA973-CC0E-4694-9A56-3354E8203924 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 So that=92s why! Tim = Thomas <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline" style=3D"color:= rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: non